Cotton-picker finger



(No Model.) 0. OANUTESON.

COTTON PIGKBR FINGER.

No. 464,852. Patented Dec. 8, 1891.

WITNESSES. [Win/70$?" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLE OANUTESOU, OF \VACO, TEXAS.

COTTON-PICKER FINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 464,852, dated December8, 1891.

Application fil d January 12,1891. Serial No. 377.473. (N0 model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLE UANUTEsON,acitizen of the United States,residing at the city of Waco, in the county of McLennan and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Revolving Spindlesfor Cotton-Picking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in spindles for cotton-pickingmachines, the ch ject being to provide a device of this character whichwill possess superior advantages over those now in use.

The invention is designed for use with cotton-harvesting apparatushaving a revolving drum or cylinder provided with radial revolvingspindles with teeth or bristles which seize the lint and pick it fromthe boll as the machine is drawn across the field.

My invention is designed to obviate objections inherent to spindles asordinarily constructed; and it consists, essentially, in a spindle madeof an elastic or yielding material, as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional View of a spindleconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 1 is a cross-sectionon the line as m, Fig. 1. Figs. 2, 2, 2 2, and 2 are cross-sectionalviews showing modified shapes of spindles. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view of a spindle similar in shape in cross-section with Fig.1, but somewhat diit'erent in construction. Fig. 3 is a cross-section onthe line y y, Fig. 3.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates a spindle madeof rubber, leather, or other elastic material, provided with the usualteeth or bristles 2. This spindle may be made square,triangular, or ofany other desired shape in cross-section.

Figs. 1, 2, 2, 2", 2, and 2 show varying shapes of spindles, and manyothers might be shown, if deemed necessary.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a metal core 3, to stiffen that end of thespindle which is connected with the revolving drum or cylinder of themachine. In Fig. 3 this core is dispensed with and a socket 4 providedfor co:n nect-ing it with the machine.

The spindles may be made by molding or otherwise, or they may be madefrom wire by twisting it spirally upon a mandrel. I do not, however,limit myself to any particular form or material for making the spindle,nor to any particular manner of making the same, so long as they are ofan elastic or yielding nature.

By my invention the spindles will give when meeting an unyieldingobject. They will not bruise or injure the plants in passing through therows. They will not drop as much lint as rigid spindles, as they willnot come into such violent contact with the stalks as the rigid spindlesdo. They will otherwise possess advantages which will be obvious tothose familiar with such machines.

Instead of having the bristles or teeth extend at right angles to theaxis of the spindle, I make them inclined with their free ends pointingtoward the free end of the spindle, as seen at 3, Fig. 3, whereby thelint may be more easily removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- As an improvedarticle, a cotton-picking spindle made'from an elastic material having ametallic stiffening-core at one end and with bristles or teeth in aninclined position with respect to the axis thereof, substantially asdescribed.

OLE OANUTESON.

\Vitnesses:

J. W. BAKER, C. C. LASTINGER.

